A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



mence to occupy the new home. The slide 

 of the queen trap can be opened, and the 

 bees inside will settle down to business. 

 Should the queen not have been clipped, 

 the swarm may all go up in a tall tree, or 

 even travel some distance and be lost, un- 

 less some one is watching. For this reason, 

 it is well to have the hives located where 

 they are easily seen from the house, and make 

 a rule to inspect once or twice every day 

 during the early spring. When the swarm- 

 ing fever has taken possession of the occu- 

 pants, you will notice bees going in and out 

 of the hive in a state of excitement, a sort of 

 bustle that will convey the information that 

 something unusual is going on inside the hive. 

 You may wonder that I have said nothing 

 about stings during this hiving process. The 

 truth is, before leaving the old home, all 

 the bees that are going out with the queen 

 load themselves with so much honey to insure 

 food for themselves and the royal mother, as 

 well as with propolis, a sort of gummy var- 



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